Three-dimensional computed tomographic analysis of the relationship between the arcuate eminence and the superior semicircular canal

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Bulsara, Ketan R ^a,c   Leveque, Jean Christophe ^b   Gray, Linda ^c   Fukushima, Takanori ^c,d   Friedman, Allan H ^c   Villavicencio, Alan T ^e  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Carolina Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^e Boulder Neurosurgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate eminence; Cranial base surgery; Superior semicircular canal; Three dimensional computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; PETROUS BONE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 33745790958     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000219929.13839.B8     Document Type: Article

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